Essex Guild of Archery Coaches
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| 1st Dec 2009 - Interested in the future of archery coaching? Got a view? Want to have your say? As part of the Essex Coaching Guild AGM Paul Whiteman will be feeding back to Essex coaches on the work of the Framework England Group. This group is reviewing current practice and shaping the future of archery coaching in England. Attendance at this session will qualify for CPD points. |
28th November 2009 - Liam Grimwood compound bow workshop in Essex. SCAS archers and coaches were able to get the benefit of Liam's expertise at today's day long workshop. Click here for full report. |
| Special deal on Dartfish video analysis software. Christmas comes early !! GNAS have negotiated a special deal on the Dartfish Live and Pro Suite editions at less than half normal pricing BUT you have to get your order in BEFORE 15th December. So if you are a coach wanting to use advanced video analysis techniques - or if your club is looking for such facilities order now!! Click here for the order form. |
| Level 2 Coach Course in Hertfordshire - this course is being run by the Herts Coaching Group and is open to all Level 1 coaches wishing to pursue Level 2 training. The formal tuition phase of the course will take place in Hinxworth, Herts from 25th October 2009, with 8 sessions to 28th March 2010. Click here for an application form and other documentation for potential candidates. CPD You will need to complete the forms and send them to Tony Ferguson at 8 Melsted Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1SX. |
| UPDATED INFO County Coach course - Further details of the Hertfordshire County Coach Course are now available. It will start on 1st November 2009 and will run over 12 sessions until Feb 2011. The venue is Hinxworth, Herts and the cost is £180. Candidates must already be at Coach Grade - please note this is a "traditional" County Coach course, not the new Level 3 course, which is still under development. Click for Application Form / Course Content or contact Tony Ferguson at tony.ferguson@btinternet.com or on 01442-268461. |
Sat 21st March - An "Introduction to Kyudo".  This short workshop will be held at The Deanes Sports College, Thundersley, 2:00PM - 3:00PM and is intended to provide archers and coaches with a little background about the modern Japanese practice of Kyudo - the Way of the Bow. The usual £2 contribution to EGAC costs will apply. |
| Feb 18th 2009 - Archery GB (GNAS) appoint new Director of the Performance unit. Former Olympic cyclist Sara Symington has been appointed the Performance Director of Archery GB. Sara, 39, competed as part of the British cycling team at the Sydney and Athens Olympics, and was regularly ranked in the world's top ten. Sara has competed for Great Britain at both cycling and triathlon and has experience in supporting World Class programmes, performance directors, athletes and coaches from her past role as a Performance Advisor within UK Sport Performance Directorate. Click here for further details. |
| 26 January 2009 - Martin Speakman has resigned as Chair of the NCC (with effect from Monday 18th January), nominations are now required for the position of Chair by the advertised deadline of March 1st 2009 for election at this year’s AGM (April 18th 2009). Please note, there is a second position of ‘Committee member’ currently vacant on the NCC for which nominations are also required. So far no nominations have been received. Nominations must also be received by March 1st 2009. |
| The SCAS Coaching Conference - Sat 7 Mar 2009 is an excellent opportunity to learn something new (and get some CPD points!!). It's also a chance to meet coaches from across the Region, exchange experiences and put your questions to the speakers. The programme this year includes a talk by Werner Beiter. The conference is at University College London - you can get the Programme and application forms below - Programme (PDF) (Word) Application form (PDF) (Word) |
| National Coaching Framework - UPDATE Those present will recall that the presentation last Sept from Tony Ferguson was not felt to provide the nature, timetable and scope of our involvement for Essex to make a formal committment to work with Archery GB on development of the framework. However, it was clear that this was in our interests and we continued to work with Tony to obtain further clarification. The executive committees of both the ECAA and EGAC met with Tony again just before Christmas and while plans for grass roots involvement remain sketchy at this time, there is evidence that workshops are being scheduled in SCAS and Essex has, now, "signed-up" to participate in these and other workshops at various levels to help build the Framework. |
| Level 2 Coach Course - Delayed start We have continued to press Archery GB for latest details regarding the delayed availability of the Level 2 course content. Work just before Christmas suggested they remain on track to get an electronic version to us for the end of January with the printed materials by the end of February. On this basis we remain as confident as we can be that the course will commence on the revised date of 8th March. For further details please contact John Neal or Paul Whiteman. |
Fancy a go at making your own longbow?  The Guild is hoping to schedule a two day course at Silver Arrow Archery in Bedfordshire. The course will be run exclusively for 6 - 12 Essex archers. You will be provided with all materials and tools and taught how to make a longbow which you keep. Cost is £295 and we are hoping to schedule it for March / April. If you are interested please drop a line to John Neal. |
| National Coaching Framework A presentation on the UK National Coaching Framework was made to the Guild by Tony Ferguson (SCAS CCO Ed). He described GNAS plans to implement the National Coaching Framework which is being deployed by the national governing bodies of the majority of sports. GNAS is seeking "sign-up" by all Regions and Counties. The documents presented (and others) are available here. |
| Aug 2008 Shooting Forward available - the Archery GB (GNAS) Coaching Newsletter - is now available on line |
